Matchbox 1923 Mack AC Water Tanker Fire Truck

Mack Trucks, Inc., is an American truck manufacturing company and a former manufacturer of buses and trolley buses. Founded in 1900 as the Mack Brothers Company, it manufactured its first truck in 1907 and adopted its present name in 1922. Mack Trucks is a subsidiary of AB Volvo which purchased Mack along with Renault Trucks in 2000. After being founded in Brooklyn, New York, the company's headquarters were in Allentown, Pennsylvania, from 1905 to 2009 when they moved to Greensboro, North Carolina. The entire line of Mack products is still produced in Lower Macungie, Pennsylvania, and Salem, Virginia, with all powertrain produced in the Hagerstown, Maryland plant. They also have additional assembly plants in Pennsylvania, Australia, and Venezuela. There was also (previously) a Mack plant in Hayward, California, and Oakville, Ontario, Canada.

Water may cover 71% of the earth, but it is water trucks that often bring that water to the locations where it is most needed. From tamping down dust at construction sites to creating artificial rain and slick streets for Hollywood cameras, water trucks offer a mobile solution for bulk water needs.

WATER TRUCKS ARE COMPRISED OF THREE COMPONENTS:

• A rig for the driver in the front, which also houses all operating controls for the disbursement of water.

• A tank at the back in different sizes with varying water-holding capacities (anywhere between 500-5,000 gallons).

• Pumping equipment with spray nozzles mounted on the front, rear, or side of the tank.

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